Pettis vs Pitbull

Who won Pettis vs Pitbull?

Sergio Pettis beat Patricio Pitbull by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 297, on Friday 16th June 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Sergio Pettis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator bantamweight championship.

Pettis vs Pitbull stats

Sergio Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Patricio Pitbull made his way to the cage with a record of 35 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out and 12 by submission.

The stats suggested Pitbull had an advantage in power over Pettis, with a 31% knock out percentage over Pettis' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pitbull had an advantage over Pettis, with a 34% submission rate over Pettis' 18%.

Sergio Pettis was the younger man by 6 years, at 30 years old.

Pettis had 4-inch reach advantage.

Pettis was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 7 year and 6 months later than Pitbull, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 79 to Pitbull's 107.

Pettis vs Pitbull form

Pettis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Juan Archuleta at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beat Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had won against Alfred Khashakyan at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had been beaten by Rob Font at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Patricio Pitbull had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Kleber Koike Erbst at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beat Adam Borics at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

Before that, he had lost to AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had won against Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Patricio Pitbull had been fighting more than Sergio Pettis.

Going to this contest, Sergio Pettis had last fought 1 year, 11 months and 27 days ago, while Patricio Pitbull's last outing had been 10 months and 30 days ago.

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pettis vs Pitbull?

Sergio Pettis was a 6/5 (+120) underdog going into the contest, while Patricio Pitbull made his way into the ring at 3/5 (-160) with oddsmakers.